Curriculum/Program Design Services

YouthSafe Outdoors’ staff have each been researching and developing instructional resources for 25-30 years. They’ve developed instructional and learning resources for a broad range of organizations and institutions:

• Schools
• Universities
• Colleges
• Technical training institutions
• Camps
• Governments (municipal, provincial and federal)
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Businesses.

YouthSafe Outdoors creates custom-built turn-key courses that are relevant, engaging and that promote high content, attitude and skill retention. Courses include cognitive, affective and psychomotor elements and are designed to appeal to individuals with different dominant learning styles.

Some of the areas our YSO staff have experience developing courses for include:

• Legal liability and risk management in outdoor programs
• Safety and self-reliance in the outdoors
• Leadership of outdoor programs
• Instruction of outdoor skills
• Group process in the outdoors
• Administration of outdoor programs
• Environmental education and leadership
• Survival
• Wilderness first aid and emergency management

Courses include all relevant materials:

• Course outlines
• Lesson plans
• Audio-visual support materials
• Handouts/student resources
• Teacher/leader supplementary materials
• Assignments and projects
• Exams and assessment materials
• Supplementary resource materials